Andrey Lavrov

Andrey Lavrov is a Russian handball goalkeeper who won Olympic gold medals representing the Soviet Union in 1988, the Unified Team in 1992, and Russia in 2000.

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1988 Summer Olympics: The Seoul Games, where the Soviet Union won the men's handball tournament. Lavrov won his first Olympic gold as the Soviet goalkeeper.
Handball: A team sport in which players pass and dribble a ball to score by throwing it into the opposing goal. It is the sport Lavrov represented at five Olympic Games.
Unified Team: The team that represented several former Soviet republics at the 1992 Winter and Summer Olympics. Lavrov's second Olympic title came while he represented this post-Soviet team.
Thierry Omeyer: A French handball goalkeeper who won two Olympic gold medals and four world championships. Omeyer's major titles show a different era of dominance by a national-team goalkeeper.
1992 Summer Olympics: The Barcelona Games, where the Unified Team competed after the Soviet Union dissolved. Lavrov earned his second Olympic gold with the Unified Team.
Handball goalkeeper: The player who defends the goal in handball and may use the body to stop shots. This was Lavrov's playing position throughout his international career.
International Handball Federation: The international governing body for handball, founded in 1946. Its records and competitions place Lavrov's Olympic career within world handball.
Nikola Karabatić: A French handball player who won three Olympic gold medals, playing primarily as a backcourt player. Karabatić also won three Olympic golds, but as an outfield star rather than a goalkeeper.
2000 Summer Olympics: The Sydney Games, where Russia won the men's handball tournament. Lavrov won his third Olympic gold, this time representing Russia.
Handball at the Summer Olympics: The men's and women's handball tournaments held at the Summer Olympic Games. Its men's tournament is the stage on which Lavrov won three gold medals.